spectral en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈspɛktɹəɫ/
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Etymology
From spectr(e) + -al.
Meanings
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Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.
The spectral chain-rattling and moans gave me the chills.
Agitated by a multitude of curious thoughts, I retired to my room, that night, prepared to encounter some new experience of a spectral character.
1859 December 13, Charles Dickens, “The Ghost in Master B’s Room”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Whiting, […], →OCLC, page 27, column 2:The day itself was miserably dull; a thick fog shut out the landscape, while a few of the nearer trees alone were visible, spreading out their thin spectral arms on the murky air.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Marriage Morning”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 202:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most spectral | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more spectral | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
spectrality · nonspectral · spectral owl · spectrally · Hodge-de Rham spectral sequence · unspectral · spectral bat · Frölicher spectral sequence · spectralness
Synonyms
Translations (25)
ar طَيِفِيّ (pertaining to a spectre) · el φασματικός (pertaining to a spectre) · ga taibhsiúil (ghostly) · bg призрачен (pertaining to a spectre) · pl spektralny (pertaining to a spectre) · ro spectral (ghostly) · ca espectral (ghostly) · it spettrale (pertaining to a spectre) · pt espectral (pertaining to a spectre) · ro spectral (pertaining to a spectre) · ga taibhsiúil (pertaining to a spectre) · es espectral (ghostly) · es espectral (pertaining to a spectre) · it spettrale (ghostly) · eo fantoma (pertaining to a spectre) · ca espectral (pertaining to a spectre) · pl widmowy (ghostly) · fr spectral (pertaining to a spectre) · bg призрачен (ghostly) · eo fantoma (ghostly) · ar طَيِفِيّ (ghostly) · sv spektral (pertaining to a spectre) · pl widmowy (pertaining to a spectre) · fi aavemainen (ghostly) · pt espectral (ghostly)